Previously on the Steppe:

• Entering Steppelandia: pop. 7.7 billion

• Steppe 1.0, Going Nomad

• Steppe 1.1a: A nowhere man's world

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By 3300 BC, the wagon-bound lifestyle of the Yamnaya extended from the edge of Europe to the mountains of Mongolia. In Mongolia, the Yamnaya lifestyle was perfectly suited to the pastures of the Alta…